Special Features

1. McLaren "F1 Heir Apparent"

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Just before end-of-play in 2012, we’ll get our first glimpse of McLaren’s natural successor to the legendary F1 hypercar. And yet it’s just this merest of promises that makes this our No. 1 the most anticipated car of the year without doubt.The Formula 1 team’s road car division, McLaren Automotive, got deadly serious in 2011 with its Ferrari 458 rival, the incredible MP4-12C. But next up for the obsessively driven English firm is something much bigger, badder and faster -- and, as yet, still nameless, although we fully expect it to eventually get its own Star Wars droid-inspired nomenclature as the last Macca did.Tipped to potentially rival the likes of the Bugatti Veyron, this McLaren's estimated price points have ranged from £400K to £1 million -- but it’s looking increasingly likely to be the latter.We expect 800+ bhp, 0-62 mp in the low 2s, a new era in weight-saving genius, and unbridled perfectionism throughout -- the kind that only McLaren can deliver.Sadly, we can’t show you what it’ll look like yet, but as soon as humanly possible, we’ll deliver a gallery for the hotly tipped masterwork of motoring. Watch for it here.